Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) tend to show distinctive, atypical acoustic
patterns of speech. These behaviors affect social interactions and social development and …

This study investigates interpersonal processes underlying dialog by comparing two
approaches, interactive alignment and interpersonal synergy, and assesses how they …

As interactive voice response systems become more prevalent and provide increasingly
more complex functionality, it becomes clear that the challenges facing such systems are not …

This study investigates the relationship between the variability in the temporal alignment of
turn initiations and the pragmatics of interpersonal communication. The data come from …

Two principal functions of prosody in spoken language are to mark prominence and to group
words into larger units, or phrases. There are a variety of proposals as to the organizational …

We present a series of studies of affirmative cue words—a family of cue words such as
“okay” or “alright” that speakers use frequently in conversation. These words pose a …

Conversation coordinates joint activities and the joint projects that compose them.
Participants coordinate (1) vertical transitions on entering and exiting joint projects; and (2) …

Social robots such as learning companions, therapeutic assistants, and tour guides are
dependent on the challenging task of establishing a rapport with their users. People rarely …

Successful conversations often rest on common understanding, where all parties are on the
same page about the information being shared. This process, known as conversational …

This dissertation explores the meaning and use of rising intonation in English and French.
The central theme was provided by the generally accepted claim that there exists a typical …